Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-11-24
THE TEACHER AND THE
PREACHER.

been hit, and still more glad OF the re-
ply. For once we have the attention of
one as good and true as our city can
boast, one who has, and deserves the love
and respect of all who know him. For
this we are happy. We are glad to know
differ from the views set forth by our
beloved pastor. We were taught, in our
childhood, that to hold different views
from his, was wicked
But let us review Bro Lowthers arti-
Gle and see if more liberal view may
not be taken of the article which has
called the worthy brother to his feet.
First, who is the true teacher? Is it
not he who not only teaches the branches
taught in our public schools, but teaches
from that greater light, given as the rule
and guide to the faith of all who expect
to wear the golden crown? Certainly he
is the true teacher, why should l not
then write with fear and trembling! Is
there any narrowness in thus acknowl-
edging fear of ability to compare? So
the brother made mistake. Becoming
teacher of higher and purer things, ad-
vances, and does not 'disqualify. A
broader view would have saved much
time in explaining the transition from
teacher to preacher.
The brother says, 4 had supposed the
writer was christian" Why should
you doubt it now? am trying to live a
christian life, and who can say that l am
not? If am liberal enough to say that
few of US possess spirit of liberality, it
is honesty and not as the brother con-
strues it, denunciation of the ties that
bind us to as good and pure a people as
the world has seen. Yes, believe l am
christian, and am glad to say so to the
world
So the brother is again in error, when
he takes it that 'Irreliglous ignorance,
is necessary to compare The Preacher
and the Teacher"
The brothers idea of liberality is far
from being my idea. Liberality, as I'M
derstand it, consists IN a feeling that all
have right to EXCISE their reasoning
faculties, arrive at conclusions, prove all
things and believe what the mind is sat
isfied is true
The brothers illustrations using the
false compass the ignorant pilot, or the
defective watch which causes you to lose
your dinner, are not applicable because
they are known to be wrong, and effect
many. But we all have the same Guide
Book, we all see the same Beacon Light,
and who shall say that this is the prop
er course, and all others are wrong, or
that my eyes and judgment are superior
to yours.
AS to the liberality in making mistakes
in the TIMES, they were probably made
the same as the brother has in his article
written Charging those who CHANGED to
differ WITH him ETC." To err is human
To permit known wrong to exist is
not liberality. There is no liberality
in the Surveyor the Book Keepers
etc, mentioned in his article. Their ig-
norance must have been known, all knew
it was wrong.
AS to the preacher taking up the
slightest clue against our schools: III
chose to be personal, could name time
and place where we received an unjust
and unmerited denunciation. The in
formation upon which it was based being
unworthy the consideration of the good
man who eagerly used it in his sermon.
There is no clash in our statement
where we said, The minister seldom men
tions us. But it speaks highly of our
schools and teachers, that the teachers
seldom make mistakes, and nearly all
recognize our schools as doing a noble
work.
The brother gives the number of SER
mons preached in our city during the
past year, and asks how many l have
heard. l will gladly answer. l have
heard during the past year, twenty seven
sermons. l give it exact because have
marked them; also the number of times
the schools were favorably noticed, which
Is not once out of the twenty-seven.
Besides this |, each week read the sermon
OF DIR. Talmage. You look them over
and tell how often the educational in
terests are mentioned. Now, brother
Lowther, our schools were in session du.
ring the last year nine months of twenty
days each month, making one hundred
eighty days. Subtract five HOLIDAYS. and
we have rs days. We enrolled nearly
600 children, and how often does your
name appear on our register as a visitors
As to striking down thousands. the
brother is too well versed in history TO
deny the statement. he knows it to be
true. Not taking the liberal view of the
matter, he confines the statement to Dodge
City. This vcrges on the ridiculous.
Our preachers are not the kind that do
the striking down, and above all the peo.
pie of Dodge are not the kind to DO
S6sck down. He ssks where they ne